Tybo, Nevada
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  Tybo, Nevada
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| Coordinates: 38°22′12″N 116°24′04″W / 38.37000°N 116.40111°W / 38.37000; -116.40111 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Nevada |
| County | Nye |
| Elevation | 6,588 ft (2,008 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| Area code | 775 |
| GNIS feature ID | 856158[1] |
Tybo is an unincorporated communityinNye County, Nevada, United States. Tybo is 8 miles (13 km) northwest of U.S. Route 6 and 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Warm Springs. The community was established in the 1870s as a silver mining town. Its name came from the Shoshone word tybbaboortai-vu, meaning "white man's district". The community prospered in the 1870s; its population neared 1000, and it had a school, post office, and newspaper by the end of the decade.[2] A variant is Tyboe found on Wheeler's map of 1871.[3]
The Tybo Charcoal Kilns in Tybo are located on the National Register of Historic Places.[2]
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